Heidi Thorn

Heidi helped us prepare for an out-of-state, downsize move from our current home of 35 years. We collaborated, of course, but she had wonderful ideas as to what to bring with us and why…and what to leave behind. This saved us so much time, money, and indecision. After this process, she skillfully combined our “to bring” items with lovely new pieces for our smaller and more open spaces. The result is fabulous! Heidi is very talented, creative, practical, detailed, and kind. She is the very best!

I thoroughly enjoy working with Heidi. Currently, we are working to update my Condo. I saw her drawings and samples for my neighbor’s project, and I was extremely impressed. I knew we would get along. She came to visit my home, listened to my desires, took notes, looked around to get to know my taste, and asked questions. Never did she assume anything or tell me what to do. Her first visit was at no charge and I gained a lot of ideas. Immediately, I got to work! I too have a design degree and have worked with commercial and residential finishes. So, I appreciate her knowledge and skills. It is so wonderful to connect with a person who can guide me to what I like. She is honest, dependable, and quick to respond by phone, text, or email. Her fees are warranted. Her time and knowledge of materials are worth it! Thank you Heidi for your guidance. It’s been a pleasure working together!!

Working with Heidi was an absolute pleasure! I came to her with a challenging design project for our Florida home—a large feature wall in our great room where I wanted to incorporate an electric fireplace and TV in a way that felt unique, elegant, and anything but typical. I shared photos of the room, existing furnishings, and a couple of inspiration images, and Heidi truly listened to what I was trying to achieve. She came back with a design that exceeded my expectations!!! The textured wall treatment she recommended completely transformed the space and added a level of sophistication I never would have thought of on my own. She also designed the window treatment for our large lanai doors, introducing me to a square drapery rod option I didn't even know existed. The details she incorporated made all the difference. Heidi is professional, creative, and has a remarkable eye for design. She took my ideas and elevated them into something far better than I could have envisioned myself. I highly recommend her to anyone looking for a designer who brings both creativity and attention to detail to every project.

Heidi was so fun to work with! She listened to my likes and came up with a comprehensive plan for my house. Heidi was so efficient at finding just the perfect pieces. Her color selections were just perfect. She was a constant professional, checking in on pricing and selections to ensure she was meeting my needs. She flawlessly incorporated my old furniture with new pieces. When I visited local businesses to see the selections, the owners also spoke highly of her work. Everyone is impressed with her designs, especially with her vision and color selection. I would highly recommend her to design your next space.

Heidi has been amazing to work with as we refreshed our home of 24 years. She is extremely professional, creative, and thoughtful. My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed our experience with Heidi! She is a great listener and helped us to envision beautiful new looks in our kitchen, family room, and dining room. She has a great network of home improvement professionals whom she recommended for us to contact. With her guidance and attention to detail, we have achieved our goals. We couldn’t be happier with how everything has turned out!

Heidi is amazing!! I thoroughly enjoyed working with Heidi on my formal dining room and sitting room! Heidi has all of the desirable qualities in an interior designer: talented, open-minded, efficient, responsive, organized, resourceful, knowledge, and detail-oriented. She works with any budget and style. I especially appreciated her quick communication and professionalism! I highly recommend Heidi for any project!

My experience with Heidi has been great. She's always available for suggestions or to answer questions, and she takes a real interest in your project. She's come to my home a few times now, and is happy to provide suggestions within any parameters you set. She's willing to do a full design or just provide help with whatever your design vision entails. I purchased furniture through her as well as on my own. I think she's got a great eye for design and style and especially understands color and texture combinations. She doesn't make efforts to oversell anything or try to get you to buy extra items or put any sort of pressure on you in your decisions. Just an honest and attentive designer that was a pleasure to work with these last few months. Highly recommended!

I contacted Heidi after locating her on Houzz.com. I was trying to determine how best to approach selecting colors to paint the exterior of my home. After going to the paint store 3 times, buying multiple samples, I still could not settle or find myself feeling good about any of the colors. I decided to contact a color consultant and came upon Heidi. I left her a message on a Friday and she promptly returned my call Saturday morning. As the painters were beginning their work the following Monday, time was of the essence. She was able to squeeze in a visit to my home that Saturday afternoon and after walking around the exterior of the house and asking me a number of questions, she confidently offered a color suggestion for the main paint color and offered 3 suggestions of color for the front door. The color she suggested was a dramatic departure to what I had been living with for 23 years. I was nervous to take the leap, but I trusted her experience, ability and vision. I moved forward with her suggestion! The house is absolutely stunning and I am SO pleased. I just love it. I've received countless compliments from neighbors, friends and family. I can't say enough about how professional, responsive, kind and creative she is. If you are moving forward with a large project (or even a "small" one), make the invest to get a professional opinion. Color is such a challenge and no one wants to have to live with something they don't love! Thank you, Heidi :).

My husband and I purchased a new condo and Heidi was an integral part of every decision we made. This included many pieces of furniture both indoor and outdoor, area rugs, lamps, accessories, artwork, bedding, and window treatment. Every decision that Heidi and we collaborated on was well throughout on Heidi’s part as she began to understand my thought process and I began to see how she often thinks outside the box which often opened my eyes and on more than one occasion resulted in an unexpected surprise. Heidi is quite capable and it is my opinion that she has the ability to meet the needs of anyone’s individual choice of style. Now that our project is complete I will miss her!

Working with Heidi has been an absolute joy! Her artistic eye has helped us transform our dated, dark, and tired home into a light and airy space. It is now a pleasure to come home and enjoy our surroundings! Heidi is professional, extremely creative, as well as an excellent listener. She even found ways to move our existing artwork and certain pieces of furniture into new spaces which has given us a whole new appreciation for what we already owned. The results are awesome! I highly recommend Heidi!

Heidi is amazing!! She is so delightful to work with. Very professional, prompt and respectful of your space and project. We’ve had her help with our home twice and we love her suggestions and creative ideas so much that I’m not sure it’ll be the last time we reach out. She’s the best at what she does!!!

A design firm referred Heidi when I needed some help moving my mother from her home into a retirement community. Heidi could not have been more compassionate, concerned and interested in what was important to my mother. She was able to advise what cherished pieces my mother could fit into her new place and found the perfect fabric to recover her favorite sofa. She also helped select paint colors, lighting and other finishes. Heidi could have more strongly suggested that my mom purchase new furnishings, but was so intuitive to help my mom keep her things that say "home" to her. My mom's new place is beautiful thanks to Heidi! Once my mom is settled, we look forward to working with Heidi to find the perfect window treatments to finish her place. I am from out of town, so Heidi was truly a Godsend in making my mom's move happy! I only wish I could have Heidi to work with where I am!! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts, Heidi!

We recently downsized to a new home and needed guidance in blending our existing furnishings with new pieces to create a fresh space. Heidi was the perfect designer for this endeavor, and we were so fortunate to work with her. First and foremost, she was extremely client focused and respectful of our needs, ideas and budget. Heidi was an attentive listener as she gathered the information necessary to design the elements in our new home. Her talent, creativity, eye for color, texture and style are unsurpassed. One of the things I enjoyed the most about Heidi is that she suggested things out of our comfort zone while giving us options that we had not considered. We incorporated many of her ideas and are thrilled with the outcomes. She is also a wealth of information when other vendors and service providers are needed. After only a few short weeks, we already feel “at home” thanks to our collaboration with Heidi, and we look forward to future projects with her!

We have worked with Heidi on some recent house renovations and I can sincerely say I have yet to work with a professional with her intellect, artistic vision, and knowledge of design that has her skill and talent...until we met Heidi. Heidi is incredibly customer-centric, and possesses a brilliant talent for merging design and style with customer wishes. When I shared some of my ideas, which did not always blend, she helped us decide on what worked together, what did not, and helped us understand why. Heidi did not change our ideas, rather she listened carefully to what we wanted, our vision and style, and then helped us find those elements to meet our vision. Heidi is also a wonderful collaborator and connected us with vendors that were also out-of-the-box thinkers and incredibly wonderful to work with. In the end, we have a home that is our vision, with Heidi's magical touches. And we are so pleased! Thank you so much, Heidi!

Heidi is a gifted designer and a quality person. She will work tirelessly to make your vision of your project even more beautiful than you imagined. Whatever your budget, large or small, you will be pleased with the magic she works within your financial parameters.

We were very lucky to find Heidi and the reviews on Houzz were what lead us to her. So now I am adding to this list in hopes it will help you choose Heidi as well. We were looking to refresh our present home with a facelift. Heidi responded quickly and always verified times and dates for appointments. She was very professional and straight forward which we really appreciated. She listened to us very carefullly as to what we hoped to do and set realistic expectations. She was never pushy and when we wanted to do some of our own work she was very supportive. She has an eye for design hence the reason she is good at what she does. She tapped into our style and even helped us take a leap one time in a direction we may not have gone and we loved it! We are thrilled with all of our finished projects that she helped us with and have another one around the corner.

Although I have a good grasp of design, I was unsure as to the organizing principles of what the rooms of my house should look like. I found Heidi on the houzz website and liked the look of her work. Heidi put together a plan that beautifully organized the spaces in my home. Not only that, but I needed help in all the other areas of the inside spaces - lighting, paint colors, rugs, furniture, and art. In all these areas there are so many choices, styles, and sources that I was having a hard time knowing what to do and where to source everything. After just a few weeks of working with her, I appreciated the value of Heidi's years of experience in all these matters, as well as her eye and talent for design. What has been in achieved in my house is so much better because of the guidance Heidi gave me.

Heidi is a true professional with extensive experience and formal training at a top institution of design. Her advice was most helpful as she helped my husband and I in making many decisions from selecting paints/wallpapers/shades for the whole house to the remodelling of several rooms, including a custom tiled fireplace. Heidi is very clear and patient, which was needed to avoid some of my bad impulses and to smoothly deal with the different visions between my husband and I. Heidi has several good addresses to get quality items that fit within a budget. The only issues that happened within the project had to do with unreliable contractors or businesses changing prices of their parts suddenly, none of which was under Heidi's control. Heidi has my strongest recommendation.

Working with Heidi has been a great experience. She has helped us re-work our living room. She has helped us with paint color, new furniture and new fabric for re-upholstering two chairs. In addition, she referred us to a contractor and to the person who is re-upholstering the chairs. She quickly understood our style and made the appropriate recommendations. In her recommendations, she never tried to "over sell" us. She is efficient and professional. We recommend Heidi, and will use her again for projects in other rooms of our house. Sally & Danielle

We are so grateful to have worked with Heidi to design our new patio! Her professional guidance provided a result that is the perfect match for our house and yard. Thank you Heidi for your artistic insight! Barry and Ann Kaplan

Heidi and her installer, Ralph, were the utmost professionals. The window treatments are beautiful and the perfect finishing touch! Despite the current pandemic, they were able to design and install them exactly to my preferences. Would highly recommend.

Heidi stands out from other designers I have met, even through work in the home furnishings industry. She is a super talented design professional and a delight to know. After only one in-person consult she was able to provide direction for our upcoming interior projects that nailed my taste as well as suggest an entire color palette that looks beautiful in my home. I highly recommend seeking out her availability and expertise for projects large and small.

I agree with other comments calling Heidi a genius and a pleasure to work with. We recently moved into a Hyde Park home to start our empty nester phase. Heidi's professional, creative eye has been a life saver in developing plans to renovate the outdated areas of this home. To date, she has helped us with storage options for a mudroom in our basement, a kitchen backsplash, paint colors, and floor / wall tile for two different bath renovations. Now we are moving on to lighting, furniture and creating a new 3rd bathroom. Heidi is prompt, follows through on her commitments and communicates clearly. What I have really appreciated about Heidi is how she listens very closely and then brings you ideas that reflect elements of your personal style, but push you out of your comfort zone. We are thrilled with how our kitchen and bath look now. There is no way we would have come up with these ideas on our own. I have tried working with designers in past homes, but often felt pressure to conform to some standard that didn't feel like me. Not with Heidi. She listens carefully and provides options that factor in your needs and your budget. I am very much looking forward to her help on the rest of our projects as we bring this old Hyde Park beauty back to life.

My husband and I hired Heidi to assist with sprucing up the "empty nest" - choosing new paint colors, rugs, drapes and upholstery. We have had a wonderful experience working with Heidi, and are enjoying our updated home. Heidi is the quintessential professional. She has a wonderful sense of color. She listened to our ideas and preferences - patiently -, and assisted us in making decisions using her experience and artistic style, and we love the results. Working with Heidi is a pleasure, she is always prompt, and quick to reply to requests; moving our project along with efficiency. Our meetings, whether in our home or her office, felt like collaborations with a great guide, and were always punctuated with some laughter! We would highly recommend working with Heidi, and we look forward to working with Heidi again we proceed with future projects.

I needed help updating my kitchen that had last been remodeled about 15 years ago. I was overwhelmed with choices of materials, colors, and what would still go with what I wanted to retain from what I had previously. Heidi Thorn really came to my rescue. She was able to guide me on best choices for countertop materials and colors to go with my existing cabinets. She was able rein in some of my wilder impulses and point me in directions that really worked well and delighted me. I will definitely use her help again in my future projects.

Heidi's design ability is excellent! Heidi sees a space and knows what to do. Our home had vaulted ceilings and many angles....not a problem for Heidi. When I would get nervous, Heidi was calm and confident! That meant everything to me. Thank you, Heidi! Unfortunately some of the vendors didn't make things as simple. Heidi rolled with challenges and pressed on. I am very happy! Thank you again, Heidi!

Heidi is a genius. She is a powerhouse of design & artistic talent. Heidi is a consummate professional, artist, smart, funny, efficient, supremely patient, unpretentious. She has always guided us in the right direction—furniture, rugs, window treatments, paint colors, wallpaper, French doors, fabric& trim, crown molding, lighting, recommendations for other contractors/specialists, she even designed our Rookwood fireplace. Brilliant! Heidi is always mindful of budget constraints & has been a good marriage counselor when my husband’s tastes take a different turn. We wish we had a million $ to spend with Heidi. She makes home so livable, well loved & fabulous for years to come.

Heidi is an exemplary designer! Her creativity and meticulous attention to detail sets her apart from other designers we have used in the past. From start to finish, Heidi guided us through the remodel of our Master Bedroom and Bath. Not only is Heidi a gifted designer, but she is a gifted communicator, as well! Heidi listens and hears what her client's want. She engages all aspects of her client's lifestyle into the project at hand so as to ensure the "new investment" will become a "solid investment" for many years to come. Quite a remarkable skill indeed! Heidi became a part of our family! Her warmth, grace, charm and sense of calm brought us great ease with every decision we made! Accountable, reliable, responsive and attentive...these are just a few of the many words we can find to describe Heidi Thorn. Thank you, Heidi, for a fabulous journey! The completed project is simply STUNNING! We will never use anyone else! Bobbie and Perry Leitner Leitner Electric Co.

Heidi's design challenge was to update a 13 year-old rather formal decor in the main level of our home. We changed some upholstery fabrics and replaced a small couch, a dining room mirror, dining chairs, a chandelier, and carpeting...in the direction of cleaner, sometimes bolder, designs. Heidi has unerring design vision and knowledge, even as she encouraged the value of patience and collaboration in the process of making selections. Best, I love the results! Heidi understood our needs/budget and communicated regularly. A bonus: She is an absolutely delightful person! I'm sure that I will contact her again.

Heidi is the absolute best! She is so helpful ! Her attention to detail is amazing and she always is so pleasant and fun to work with! I would recommend her for all your interior decorating projects!

Hedi is amazing. Her design aesthetic is wonderful and her ability to source items within a budget is very much appreciated.

Heidi helped me deliver a total first floor makeover that overwhelmed me for a year. She is by far the most talented designer I have ever worked with. She has the total package:professional, artistic, budget-minded, and a delight to work with!

Heidi Thorn has helped my husband and I decorate our new build home with immense care and attention to detail. Heidi has gone above and beyond for us. She has come with us to rug stores, to the new house and made contacts for us when needed. Heidi is very talented. She has a vision for spaces when it was just plywood everywhere. Her ability to pull our taste and what goes together is remarkable! Our experience working with Heidi has been nothing short of excellent. Thank you Heidi for making our house a beautiful new home!

Heidi is very professional and very attune to your likes and dislikes. She is so helpful and has wonderful style and taste. She does her job well. I would recommend her to everyone.

I love working with Heidi. She is a very talented and artistic design professional. Her experience in her field is evident. I have every confidence that I will love the outcome of every project she works on for me.

Heidi is very easy to work with and great with color. She picked out paint colors for a bathroom remodel that look wonderful. She also helped me with some glass wall art and picked out colors and sizes that I could never put together and the displays look amazing.

Heidi was hired after I purchased a sofa and two chairs for my living room. I needed help with lighting and an area rug to complete the room. She was extremely helpful, professional, and made the process so much easier than I could have imagined. She went well beyond my expectations and she was very easy to work with during the process. I would highly recommend Heidi's design services. Both my husband and I were very happy working with her.

Heidi has helped us with many house designed projects. She very professional and knowledgeable in her profession. We never hesitate in calling her for her services and always very pleased.

What a great partnership.... I wanted to work with her because she is an artist and a designer. Both of those disciplines are always evident in her work. From the rational side of design which uses space planning and scale to the fanciful side of art which employs color, texture and a bit of whimsy, her work is stunning. My condo is beautiful.

Heidi is wonderful. She helped us design our living, couch, chair & curtains., which we love! 6 months later she helped us design our dining room chairs, which we also love! She is a wonderful person. Was always there to help whenever we needed her. She was never in a rush &?always took her time. I would highly recommend amend Heidi Thorn. Sincerely, Charlene Brown

Heidi Thorn is a very creative designer who is well qualified with her education and credentials. She is a good listener of what you want, and presents several options for you to choose. She follows through on the project. I have used Heidi's services for several years now and have been very pleased on how she coordinates a room and makes things fresh. She is very dependable as well. I know that I can count on Heidi for a beautiful creation.

Heidi was a pleasure to work with. Her attention to detail, professionalism and responsiveness made the difference. Overall a fabulous experience! She has exquisite taste as well.

I met Heidi Thorn as she helped me with my previous home's décor and I contacted her again after the purchase of a new home. She added color, pizazz, and comfort to my first floor area, using terrific new items and some of my existing furniture. Heidi kept my family's needs and tastes in mind. A lovely personality and strong sense of professionalism make her a good choice if in need of design advice.

Heidi Thorn is very professional, detail oriented, budget conscience, and a wonderful designer. She works very hard for her clients. She gave more than a few options for cost purposes for my project. I hate shopping and it made my days easier to get my project finished.

Heidi is a wonderful, professional designer! She helped me pick out 2 upholstered chairs for my living room as well as coordinating bolster pillows and helped with accessories for the whole first floor. She was extremely knowledgable and pieced together exactly the look I was going for. Everything from beginning to end was perfect!

Heidi was a pleasure to work with! She helped me select rugs for three different areas in the house. We needed rugs that would relate well to one another, but not be "matchy-matchy." She brought out samples and helped us select rugs that work beautifully! I couldn't be happier.

Heidi was a friend before she became my home decor go-to help. She will and can help in all ways, she listens very carefully, and then offers what she knows are only good options.

Heidi Thorn did a fabulous job on our kitchen blinds and curtains. Her eye for color and the presentation of 3 fabric choices made our decision very easy. Also, she sketched our window treatments so we could see exactly how it would look. All of the work was finished as ordered. Heidi even stopped by to see her beautiful results. I will refer her with an A+ rating to my family and friends.

I had a truly pleasant experience working with Heidi. She is clearly a senior level designer well versed in several disciplines i.e., lighting, color, textiles. Heidi was able to leverage my blueprints in a CAD application to ensure furnishings and room arrangements were maximized. She actually came to my home to get an idea of my personal taste. Her understanding on a personal level of how I wanted my home to "feel" made her design selections for me to review absolutely spot on! She captured the essence of my home.

Heidi Thorn, of Ethan Allen, is a knowledgeable designer, with a keen sense of what her client wants. Beyond being pleasant, professional and efficient, she continues to follows through with emails during the entire process of deciding, ordering, and later delivery. Two rugs were ordered, with two chairs, pillows, and fabric for reupholstering chairs for a new cottage being built in another state. Co-ordinating what furniture was being used with the new from photo's was a challenge and Heidi was proficient with this project. I highly recommend Heidi for design, taste, and always being prepared for her client.

Heidi gently and expertly guided us through the process of the design and selection of our new dining room furniture. She is talented at matching the colors and concepts that we expressed. She is exceptionally good at following through with all our purchases, including ones from several years ago that had flaws. She made sure the flaws were corrected and that we were happy.

Heidi is a true professional. She is caring, competent, creative, knowledgeable and infinitely patient. Heidi listens to her customers and encourages feedback throughout the process. The results are simply amazing. You will be very satisfied with the finished product. I "highly recommend" Heidi for any interior design project.

My husband and I were tasked with trying to blend his beautiful antiques with new furniture, something both of us were totally, inadequately prepared to do. We needed a professional who would get a good sense of our tastes, likes and dislikes and then make suggestions based on that knowledge and her expertise. Heidi did a fabulous job! Our living room looks fabulous and inviting, and highlights both the antiques and our new pieces. She helped us with window treatments too. She was extremely flexible with our crazy schedules (we both work fulltime) and very conscious of our time. We would work with Heidi again and absolutely recommend her to our friends and family.

Heidi Thorn is a true pro at what she does. She is knowledgeable and very skilled at combining colors and textures. Heidi has the unique ability to listen to what we wanted and also then help us translate that into a beautiful space. We couldn't be happier with how amazing the space looks, and we recommend Heidi in the highest of terms.

I am so glad I found Heidi on Houzz. She visited my home to take measurements and see my style preferences and then developed, at no cost, a great plan for my long skinny family room. She paid special attention to the furniture pieces I love and will continue to use…as well as the challenges of accommodating two little dogs. My husband and I spent two + hours with her discussing furniture choices, window treatments, fabrics and artwork. I am ordering pieces as my budget allows, conferring with Heidi when I have questions. The process has been easy. I know that when the room is finally pulled together it will be a knockout.

Heidi was extremely insightful, creative, knowledgeable, and professional without a hint of overbearing persuasiveness. She designed her thoughts in art form so it was easy for us to see her vision. We have the utmost respect for her. She was easy to work with and very courteous. We actually had fun with her both at the store and at our house. We will have Heidi for our future projects and will recommend her highly to our friends.

Ms. Thorn provided design services for several rooms (primarily window designs) in our home. We were thrilled with the results. Her professional demeanor and attention to detail provided us with a great experience. We would highly recommend Ms. Thorn, and plan on utilizing her services in the future.

My husband and I were at opposite ends on what to do with our den/office. After meeting with Heidi, she came up with a plan that fit both of our wants and needs. The room fits in perfectly with the rest of our house and we couldn't be happier with the outcome. In fact, it's one of our favorite places to be!

Heidi is fantastic to work with. She listens and respects your pov but also can push you just a bit if you are up for it. Her talent is clear. She is also very respectful of your budget. I would highly recommend her to anyone looking do start a major project or a simple room facelift.